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A disturbing trend among younger Japanese school children has become one of the most popular recent threads on internet compilation site Naver Matome. The post below, which has already been retweeted over 10,000 times, gathered information from th...

The release of the 12th and final volume of Ore no Imouto has cause a partial upset amongst fans, although some are now very happy indeed. The finale sees a firm "Kirino" ending: Amongst fans there is plenty of debate as to the merits of the endin...

During the event for the vote count results for AKB48 32nd Single Senbatsu General Electio﻿n, AKB48 team A captain Shinoda Mariko, who ranked in 5th place in the election, announced that she would be graduating from the group.

Kyoto Animation has revealed that Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai! The Movie - Rikka Takanashi Revision will open in 27 Japanese theaters on September 13th. The movie will retell the story of the fall 2012 anime from the perspective of female lead R...

Universal Studios Japan is promoting the upcoming 2013 edition of the One Piece Premier Summer event, which features attractions and live performances centered on Eiichiro Oda's wildly popular series. The promo's Punk Hazard spotlight on character...

With an epic anime adaptation currently airing, a giant titan head in Kodansha, and multiple parodies, increasingly popular work Shingeki no Kyojin takes over the June 10 Oricon comic rankings. Shingeki no Kyojin, written by Hajime Isayama, is a s...

As Animedia celebrates its 32nd anniversary, the magazine recently asked its readers who their favorite characters are, and now, the results are finally in! The readers were asked who were their favorite FEMALE and MALE characters as well as their...

2014 may just be another good year for 'K'. Not only will 2014 have the the theatrical release of K's sequel but an Otome game as well. According to the Animate website, this news was announced yesterday during the Otomate Party 2013 event.

A woman who discovered a rotting goldfish in the Pepsi bottle she had just started to drink has shaken the confidence of Chinese cola drinkers. The woman reportedly bought a 600ml bottle of Pepsi at a Shaanxi province supermarket, and after taking...

Hanayaka Nari, Waga Ichizoku play returns; Toki no Kizuna, Clock Zero inspire plays The "Otomate Part 2013" event announced on Sunday that the K anime franchise is inspiring a game aimed at female players (otome game).

I remember Fifteen years ago when I started watching Cardcaptor Sakura anime. I didn't even know it was anime until I started on "anime". According to Animedia magazine, there is a Cardcaptor Sakura spread and producer Eizo Kondo mentioned that he...

As people gathered in an area of Shinjuku in Tokyo, loud cheers are heard. Why? It's simple – in a large screen in front of countless fans, the latest PV for the much anticipated fighting game, 'Jojo All-Star Battle' was aired.

The official website of the upcoming Kamen Rider Wizard & Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger summer movies posted the official trailer of both movies. Kamen Rider Wizard In Magic Land will feature Haruto and his friends transported in Magic Land wherein they...

The name of the Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters Korean dub is finally revealed! Entitled "Power Rangers Go-Bursters", this series will replace Power Rangers Captain Force (Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger) in the future.

Namco Bandai is getting ready to release a free-to-play fighting game in the form of Tekken Revolution, which will let players choose from eight fighters and duke it out against CPU opponents or others online.

Have you noticed throughout your years of music listening that Western pop and Asian pop, in broad generality, "feel" very different from each other? If you thought that there might be a certain harmonic disparity between the two, you'd be right.

Here's the short music preview of Kamen Rider GIRLS' latest single under the Shocker GIRLS' name, "SSS ~Shock Shocker Shockest~". This song is part of the Shocker Project. The "SSS ～Shock Shocker Shockest～" single will be released this July 3rd(CD...

It looks like magical girl fans really need to keep an eye out for this summer's Gen'ei o Kakeru Taiyō, an AIC production, directed by Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha's Keizo Kusakawa and written by Ro-Kyu-Bu!

It's a battle between One & 4 at this year's Expo Indeed, it's that time of year where game announcements are confirmed after many leaks, the console wars flame on and we realize how many games we want to buy and how bad at accounting we would be ...

As reported in Josei Seven, actress Kuroki Meisa was spotted at the theater lobby of the play "May Star Kabuki". Afterwards, the cast and Kuroki ate out at a high-end Chinese restaurant in Tokyo to celebrate the latter's birthday.

Are you thinking of getting the PlayStation 4 and are hoping for a graphically impressive horror game? Then you may want to see a teaser video for this game from Zombie Studios. The American game developer Zombie Studios has announced the game Day...

The one Miku design that gets your heart racing, literally. Illustration is by saitom, with Mari Shimazaki who is in charge of the outfit design. This new Racing Miku design is revealed along with the original, which is done back in February 2013.

I doubt anybody ever expected 5pb. 's science adventure game, Steins;Gate, to ever reach the level of popularity that it did. While the original game has yet to see an official English release, in Japan it's playable on pretty much every gaming pl...

Ubisoft's next big project 1666 has been suspended indefinitely due to the fact that Patrice Desilets, the creative genius that brought the world Assassin's Creed, is suing the game company. The bitter feelings between Patrice and his former emplo...

This is pretty much the last time we'll get to use the term "pre-E3," with the expo leaping into full swing this coming week. It should be interesting to see what the big three have to show as far as games go, and we'd love to know what you're loo...

Atlus Japan busted out the full intro to Dragon's Crown, the Vanilliaware beat 'em up that's making its way to PlayStation 3 and PS Vita in the west in August. Dragon's Crown hits PlayStation 3 and PS Vita in North America on August 6.

So, I made a 4koma. I had thought about the idea of making them for some time but never really got around to it. I have some ideas that are short and sweet like this, things that I felt were a little too short for a proper post.

Summer is quickly appraoching, and in Japan that means yukata. Courtesy of Good Smile Company, Hatsune Miku is coming in a brand new yukata, and just so she won't be lonely, she's joined by Madoka in a lovely maiko outfit.